The UF Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) and the UF Nuclear Engineering Program (NE), housed within the department, continue their stay among the best-ranked graduate school programs at public universities in the U.S. The 2024 U.S. News &… Read More
Weebit Nano Partners with Nino Research Group to Examine Radiation Effects on Weebit ReRAM
Assel Aitkaliyeva Selected as UF Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentor Award Winner
Congratulations to Assel Aitkaliyeva, Ph.D., recipient of the 2022-2023 Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. Dr. Aitkaliyeva is an associate professor in the Nuclear Engineering Program housed within the Department of Materials Science & Engineering. … Read More
Nuclear Sleuths: University of Florida to Lead $25 million National Consortium on Nuclear Forensics
For decades, the United States has been at the forefront of reducing the number of nuclear arms worldwide and curtailing the spread of illicit atomic-based technology. It has also led the way in developing the advanced nuclear forensics capabilities needed… Read More
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Get to Know Rhines Rising Star Angelika Neitzel
Angelika Neitzel, Ph.D., will join the University of Florida Department of Materials Science & Engineering as a holder of the Rhines Rising Star Robert DeHoff Assistant Professor of Materials Science & Engineering in January 2023. Dr. Neitzel’s areas of research… Read More
With B-SURE Program, Josephine Allen Looks to Broaden Diversity in Space Health Research
With its Mars Exploration Program, NASA has set its sights on landing a human on the red planet by the end of the 2030s. While that might seem far away, researchers like Josephine Allen, Ph.D., Genzyme Professor of Materials Science &… Read More
Miller’s NOM4D Project Could Bring Manufacturing into Space
Tori Miller, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, received an award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop advanced laser sheet metal forming technology to enable metal fabrication in space. With a… Read More
Erika Moore Receives $1.85 million from NIH to Investigate How Ancestry Affects Wound Healing
Erika Moore, Ph.D., holder of the Rhines Rising Star Larry Hench Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, has received the prestigious National Institutes of Health Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) from the National Institute of General… Read More
Andrew, Aitkaliyeva Receive Promotions
Jennifer Andrew, Ph.D., has been promoted to full professor, and Assel Aitkaliyeva, Ph.D., has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. Dr. Andrew received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara and her B.S. from Northwestern University,… Read More